9-Exhibit 5 - 1302.91 Staff qualifications and competency requirements.pdf

1302.91 Staff qualifications and competency

requirements.

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Head Start Program Performance Standards

Head Start Program Performance Standards

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Part 1301—Program Governance

1301.1 Purpose.

1301.2 Governing body.

1301.3 Policy council and policy committee.

1301.4 Parent committees.

1301.5 Training.

1301.6 Impasse procedures.

Part 1302—Program Operations

1302.1 Overview.

1302 Subpart A—Eligibility, Recruitment, Selection, Enrollment, and Attendance

1302.10 Purpose.

1302.11 Determining community strengths, needs, and resources.

1302.12 Determining, verifying, and documenting eligibility.

1302.13 Recruitment of children.

1302.14 Selection process.

1302.15 Enrollment.

1302.16 Attendance.

1302.17 Suspension and expulsion.

1302.18 Fees.

1302 Subpart B—Program Structure

1302.20 Determining program structure.

1302.21 Center-based option.

1302.22 Home-based option.

1302.23 Family child care option.

1302.24 Locally-designed program option variations.

1302 Subpart C—Education and Child Development Program Services

1302.30 Purpose.

1302.31 Teaching and the learning environment.

1302.32 Curricula.

1302.33 Child screenings and assessments.

1302.34 Parent and family engagement in education and child development services.

1302.35 Education in home-based programs.

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1302.36 Tribal language preservation and revitalization.

1302 Subpart D—Health and Mental Health Program Services

1302.40 Purpose.

1302.41 Collaboration and communication with parents.

1302.42 Child health status and care.

1302.43 Oral health practices.

1302.44 Child nutrition.

1302.45 Supports for mental health and well-being.

1302.46 Family support services for health, nutrition, and mental health.

1302.47 Safety practices.

1302 Subpart E—Family and Community Engagement Program Services

1302.50 Family engagement.

1302.51 Parent activities to promote child learning and development.

1302.52 Family partnership services.

1302.53 Community partnerships and coordination with other early childhood and education programs.

1302 Subpart F—Additional Services for Children with Disabilities

1302.60 Full participation in program services and activities.

1302.61 Additional services for children.

1302.62 Additional services for parents.

1302.63 Coordination and collaboration with the local agency responsible for implementing IDEA.

1302 Subpart G—Transition Services

1302.70 Transitions from Early Head Start.

1302.71 Transitions from Head Start Preschool to kindergarten.

1302.72 Transitions between programs.

1302 Subpart H—Services to Enrolled Pregnant Women

1302.80 Enrolled pregnant women.

1302.81 Prenatal and postpartum information, education, and services.

1302.82 Family partnership services for enrolled pregnant women.

1302 Subpart I—Human Resources Management

1302.90 Personnel policies.

1302.91 Staff qualifications and competency requirements.

1302.92 Training and professional development.

1302.93 Staff health and wellness.

1302.94 Volunteers.

1302 Subpart J—Program Management and Quality Improvement

1302.100 Purpose.

1302.101 Management system.

1302.102 Program goals, continuous improvement, and reporting.

Part 1303—Financial and Administrative Requirements

1303.1 Overview.

1303 Subpart A—Financial Requirements

1303.2 Purpose.

1303.3 Other requirements.

1303.4 Federal financial assistance, non-federal match, and waiver requirements.

1303.5 Limitations on development and administrative costs.

1303 Subpart B—Administrative Requirements

1303.10 Purpose.

1303.11 Limitations and prohibitions.

1303.12 Insurance and bonding.

1303 Subpart C—Protections for the Privacy of Child Records

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1303.20 Establishing Procedures.

1303.21 Program procedures – applicable confidentiality provisions.

1303.22 Disclosures with, and without, parental consent.

1303.23 Parental rights.

1303.24 Maintaining records.

1303 Subpart D—Delegation of Program Operations

1303.30 Grant recipient responsibility and accountability.

1303.31 Determining and establishing delegate agencies.

1303.32 Evaluations and corrective actions for delegate agencies.

1303.33 Termination of delegate agencies.

1303 Subpart E—Facilities

1303.40 Purpose.

1303.41 Approval of previously purchased facilities.

1303.42 Eligibility to purchase, construct, and renovate facilities.

1303.43 Use of grant funds to pay fees.

1303.44 Applications to purchase, construct, and renovate facilities.

1303.45 Cost-comparison to purchase, construct, and renovate facilities.

1303.46 Recording and posting notices of federal interest.

1303.47 Contents of notices of federal interest.

1303.48 Grant recipient limitations on federal interest.

1303.49 Protection of federal interest in mortgage agreements.

1303.50 Third party leases and occupancy arrangements.

1303.51 Subordination of the federal interest.

1303.52 Insurance, bonding, and maintenance.

1303.53 Copies of documents.

1303.54 Record retention.

1303.55 Procurement procedures.

1303.56 Inspection of work.

1303 Subpart F—Transportation

1303.70 Purpose.

1303.71 Vehicles.

1303.72 Vehicle operation.

1303.73 Trip routing.

1303.74 Safety procedures.

1303.75 Children with disabilities.

Part 1304—Federal Administrative Procedures

1304 Subpart A—Monitoring, Suspension, Termination, Denial of Refunding, Reduction in

Funding, and their Appeals

1304.1 Purpose.

1304.2 Monitoring.

1304.3 Suspension with notice.

1304.4 Emergency suspension without advance notice.

1304.5 Termination and denial of refunding.

1304.6 Appeal for prospective delegate agencies.

1304.7 Legal fees.

1304 Subpart B—Designation Renewal

1304.10 Purpose and scope.

1304.11 Basis for determining whether a Head Start agency will be subject to an open competition.

1304.12 Grant recipient reporting requirements concerning certain conditions.

1304.13 Requirements to be considered for designation for a five-year period when the existing grant recipient in a community is not determined to be delivering a high-quality

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1304.14 Tribal government consultation under the Designation Renewal System for when an Indian Head Start grant is being considered for competition.

1304.15 Designation request, review and notification process.

1304.16 Use of CLASS: Pre-K instrument in the Designation Renewal System.

1304.17 Flexibility for Head Start Designation Renewal determinations in certain emergencies

1304 Subpart C—Selection of Grant recipients through Competition

1304.20 Selection among applicants.

1304 Subpart D—Replacement of American Indian and Alaska Native Grant Recipients

1304.30 Procedure for identification of alternative agency.

1304.31 Requirements of alternative agency.

1304.32 Alternative agency—prohibition.

1304 Subpart E—Head Start Fellows Program

1304.40 Purpose.

1304.41 Head Start Fellows Program.

Part 1305—Definitions

1305.1 Purpose

1305.2 Terms

(a) Purpose. A program must ensure all staff, consultants, and contractors engaged in the delivery of program services have sufficient knowledge, training and experience, and competencies to fulfill the roles and responsibilities of their positions and to ensure high-quality service delivery in accordance with the program performance standards. A program must provide ongoing training and professional development to support staff in fulfilling their roles and responsibilities.

(b) Head Start director. A program must ensure a Head Start director hired after November 7, 2016, has, at a minimum, a baccalaureate degree and experience in supervision of staff, fiscal management, and administration.

(c) Fiscal officer. A program must assess staffing needs in consideration of the fiscal complexity of the organization and applicable financial management requirements and secure the regularly scheduled or ongoing services of a fiscal officer with sufficient education and experience to meet their needs. A program must ensure a fiscal officer hired after November 7, 2016 is a certified public accountant or has, at a minimum, a baccalaureate degree in accounting, business, fiscal management, or a related field.

(d) Child and family services management staff qualification requirements.

(1) Family, health, and disabilities management. A program must ensure staff responsible for management and oversight of family services, health services, and services to children with disabilities hired after November 7, 2016, have, at a minimum, a baccalaureate degree, preferably related to one or more of the disciplines they oversee.

(2) Education management. As prescribed in section 648A(a)(2)(B)(i) of the Act, a program must ensure staff and consultants that serve as education managers or coordinators, including those that serve as curriculum specialists, have a baccalaureate or advanced degree in early childhood education or a baccalaureate or advanced degree and equivalent coursework in early childhood education with early education teaching experience.

(e) Child and family services staff.

(1) Early Head Start center-based teacher qualification requirements. As prescribed in section 645A(h) of the Act, a program must ensure center-based teachers that provide direct services to infants and

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(2) Head Start Preschool center-based teacher qualification requirements.

(i) The Secretary must ensure no less than fifty percent of all Head Start Preschool teachers, nationwide, have a baccalaureate degree in child development, early childhood education, or equivalent coursework.

(ii) As prescribed in section 648A(a)(3)(B) of the Act, a program must ensure all center-based teachers have at least an associate's or bachelor's degree in child development or early childhood education, equivalent coursework, or otherwise meet the requirements of section 648A(a)(3)(B) of the Act.

(3) Head Start Preschool assistant teacher qualification requirements. As prescribed in section

648A(a)(2)(B)(ii) of the Act, a program must ensure Head Start Preschool assistant teachers, at a minimum, have a CDA credential or a State-awarded certificate that meets or exceeds the requirements for a CDA credential, are enrolled in a program that will lead to an associate or baccalaureate degree or, are enrolled in a CDA credential program to be completed within two years of the time of hire.

(4) Family child care provider qualification requirements.

(i) A program must ensure family child care providers have previous early child care experience and, at a minimum, are enrolled in a Family Child Care CDA program or state equivalent, or an associate or baccalaureate degree program in child development or early childhood education prior to beginning service provision, and for the credential acquire it within eighteen months of beginning to provide services.

(ii) By August 1, 2018, a child development specialist, as required for family child care in

§1302.23(e), must have, at a minimum, a baccalaureate degree in child development, early childhood education, or a related field.

(5) Center-based teachers, assistant teachers, and family child care provider competencies. A program must ensure center-based teachers, assistant teachers, and family child care providers demonstrate competency to provide effective and nurturing teacher-child interactions, plan and implement learning experiences that ensure effective curriculum implementation and use of assessment and promote children’s progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes

Framework: Ages Birth to Five and applicable state early learning and development standards, including for children with disabilities and dual language learners, as appropriate.

(6) Home visitors. A program must ensure home visitors providing home-based education services:

(i) Have a minimum of a home-based CDA credential or comparable credential, or equivalent coursework as part of an associate's or bachelor's degree; and,

(ii) Demonstrate competency to plan and implement home-based learning experiences that ensure effective implementation of the home visiting curriculum and promote children’s progress across the standards described in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework: Ages Birth to

Five, including for children with disabilities and dual language learners, as appropriate, and to build respectful, culturally responsive, and trusting relationships with families.

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(7) Family services staff qualification requirements. A program must ensure staff who work directly with families on the family partnership process hired after November 7, 2016, have within eighteen months of hire, at a minimum, a credential or certification in social work, human services, family services, counseling or a related field.

(8) Health professional qualification requirements.

(i) A program must ensure health procedures are performed only by a licensed or certified health professional.

(ii) A program must ensure all mental health consultants are licensed or under the supervision of a licensed mental health professional. A program must use mental health consultants with knowledge of and experience in serving young children and their families.

(iii) A program must use staff or consultants to support nutrition services who are registered dieticians or nutritionists with appropriate qualifications.

(f) Coaches. A program must ensure coaches providing the services described in 1302.92(c) have a minimum of a baccalaureate degree in early childhood education or a related field.

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